NYC landlord asks Second Circuit to revive challenge to Section 8 law
MANHATTAN (CN) — A panel of federal appeals judges on Tuesday appeared hesitant to overturn the dismissal of a New York City landlord’s constitutional challenge against a city law it claims compels it to participate in the voluntary federal Section 8 subsidized...
Colorado’s conversion therapy ban on the ropes at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to strike down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, expressing concerns that the prohibition discriminated based on viewpoint. “The medical consensus is usually very reasonable and...
Colorado defends work requirements for inmates, who see parallels with slavery
DENVER (CN) — Before a Denver judge on Tuesday, a class of inmates claimed the Colorado Department of Corrections’ work requirements violate the state Constitution’s ban on slavery and involuntary servitude. “Voters decided the state should not have the power to...
Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri on sex, lies and academics in ‘After the Hunt’
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Andrew Garfield would like everyone to know about his gesticulating. Not in his performance as a Yale philosophy professor accused of sexual misconduct in “After the Hunt,” but while discussing an actor’s responsibility to...
A newly elected mayor in Germany is found with serious stab wounds
BERLIN (AP) — The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with life-threatening wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of “an abhorrent act.” Iris Stalzer was elected as mayor of Herdecke on Sept. 28. She is a...
Brussels slashes steel imports by half as US-China trade clash crushes EU industry
BRUSSELS (CN) — Caught in a devastating squeeze between American export barriers and surging cheap imports, European officials announced Tuesday they’re cutting steel imports by nearly half in their most desperate move yet to save a collapsing industry. The plan...
Buildings are turning to ‘ice batteries’ for sustainable air conditioning
(AP) — Every night some 74,000 gallons (280,000 liters) of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning from a conventional system found in most U.S. buildings, but now 27 tanks of ice...
Senate Democrats hit Bondi brick wall on National Guard use, Epstein files
WASHINGTON (CN) — It was a less than productive Tuesday morning for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as they attempted to needle Attorney General Pam Bondi on her leadership of the Trump administration’s Justice Department. The defiant attorney general not...
Slovak leader announces a deal with US on a new nuclear reactor
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico announced the multibillion-dollar deal during a speech at an annual...